Month: March 2018

In the run up to our “big trip” Katy and I would have discussions about what aspects of what country we were most looking forward to. Every time Vietnam was mentioned so was food… The climate, terrain, number of different countries who’ve invaded or traded with Vietnam have all influenced the cuisine you’ll find there …

Everyone knows Hoi An Old Town is stunning and worth a couple of days taking pics, drinking coffee and just soaking it all up. If you are there for longer, and want to explore outside of town, a bicycle is a fantastic way to do this. It is all flat countryside so easy for cycling …

How Can I Reduce Plastic Waste and Help Save The Environment?… Is a question we keep asking ourselves. On the back of my last post about the Mekong Delta and my horror at the amount of plastic waste floating in and around this beautiful river, we have been trying hard to reduce our plastic use …

Like I said in the in the Hoi An overview, if you’re anything like me you’d have seen the lanterns all over the old town and said to yourself “that’ll look great in my… (insert appropriate part of house/garden here)”. So, you’ve checked on Amazon and aren’t prepared to pay the £30 it will cost …

We arrived in Can Tho in the evening, following our Kampot- Can Tho overland border crossing travel day and easily found a reasonably priced taxi to our guesthouse, arriving around 730pm. The guesthouse we had chosen was Thanh Ha Guesthouse or Ms Ha’s Guesthouse, as we had been recommended it by our new- found friend …

We stayed in Kampot for 4 nights at the very end of our Cambodian adventure. We wanted to arrange our Vietnamese visa here and then travel overland to Can Tho via the Ha Tien border crossing roughly 1.5hours drive south of Kampot. We had planned to meet up with my friend Sammy, here who is …

So… we arrived at Avocado Guesthouse relieved that we’d survived the journey but also eager to go and book some trekking. Whilst in Siem Reap we’d been messaging Sam Veasna regarding their gibbon experience. The emails were a bit erratic, so we decided we’d just speak to them via their representative at the Hefalump Café …

We’d heard horror stories, but, although the day was long, it was straight – forward. We bought our ticket from Kampot- Can Tho from Mad Monkey Hostel in Kampot where we were staying. The bus company was called Kep Tours and the ticket cost $16 per person. We were collected at 930am and drove around …

The first reason is our previous blog post – “Kratie – Kayaking, Dolphins and why it shouldn’t be missed” – it really was a great day – so please read and go do for yourself! From our guesthouse on the river front road in Kratie, you can look out onto the Mekong and a large island …